"Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually." (Psalm 52:1)
Here we have the contrast of the universe, ".... boast in evil, O mighty man," and, "The goodness of God...." One is fleeting and passing, though manifests powerfully throughout the millennia, and the other, "endures continually." You and I in Jesus Christ are under the power of, "God endures continually."
My five Psalms for today reflect a greatly disturbed, weak and fallen giant slayer, yet a man who, "Had God's heart." Too many just attempt to "Sunday School" this all away, shout, dance, smile in denial. Sorry; doesn't work. David confesses in Psalm 51, "Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned." There is a very real sense in which we can say that David "owned up" to his sin. In Psalms 52-55, we see that David in his life had periods of deep, deep sorrows, life threatened, hounded by enemies, betrayals, rejection. Most people focus on the triumphs of David simply because they want a life and religion of what Bob Mumford used to say that most also want from "prophetic words"-- "'everything's okay,' saith the Lord."
Yet the reality of, "the faith of Jesus," is that you and I can live, overcome, even triumph and navigate in a world just as David knew, and most Covenant People throughout history have known. This planet has been dominated and ruled in so many places by the spirit of Nimrod, viz., murderous, tower raising, city building, rejectors of the reign of King Jesus. Yet through and in Jesus' Death, Resurrection, Ascension and, "seated on the Throne," Jesus reigns, and those who are in Jesus and Jesus in them there is the continual, day by day, moment by moment reality of David's "conclusion" in Psalm 55:22, "Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip. fall, or fail)." (Amplified Bible)
While Paul was in a dark, damp prison, he wrote to Timothy and told him, "....Demas has deserted me for love of this present world...." What sadness filled Paul. We read in another letter how Paul called Demas a, "fellow worker[]." But now, near the end of, "Paul, the aged['s], life, he lost his friend. Yet none of this defeated Paul. His conclusion to Timothy? "At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me....But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me...." This Jesus has been doing since Abel. This Jesus does for you and me. This is Jesus.
Father, in Jesus' Name, again, I can say nothing but, Thank You. Amen.
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Here we have the contrast of the universe, ".... boast in evil, O mighty man," and, "The goodness of God...." One is fleeting and passing, though manifests powerfully throughout the millennia, and the other, "endures continually." You and I in Jesus Christ are under the power of, "God endures continually."
My five Psalms for today reflect a greatly disturbed, weak and fallen giant slayer, yet a man who, "Had God's heart." Too many just attempt to "Sunday School" this all away, shout, dance, smile in denial. Sorry; doesn't work. David confesses in Psalm 51, "Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned." There is a very real sense in which we can say that David "owned up" to his sin. In Psalms 52-55, we see that David in his life had periods of deep, deep sorrows, life threatened, hounded by enemies, betrayals, rejection. Most people focus on the triumphs of David simply because they want a life and religion of what Bob Mumford used to say that most also want from "prophetic words"-- "'everything's okay,' saith the Lord."
Yet the reality of, "the faith of Jesus," is that you and I can live, overcome, even triumph and navigate in a world just as David knew, and most Covenant People throughout history have known. This planet has been dominated and ruled in so many places by the spirit of Nimrod, viz., murderous, tower raising, city building, rejectors of the reign of King Jesus. Yet through and in Jesus' Death, Resurrection, Ascension and, "seated on the Throne," Jesus reigns, and those who are in Jesus and Jesus in them there is the continual, day by day, moment by moment reality of David's "conclusion" in Psalm 55:22, "Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip. fall, or fail)." (Amplified Bible)
While Paul was in a dark, damp prison, he wrote to Timothy and told him, "....Demas has deserted me for love of this present world...." What sadness filled Paul. We read in another letter how Paul called Demas a, "fellow worker[]." But now, near the end of, "Paul, the aged['s], life, he lost his friend. Yet none of this defeated Paul. His conclusion to Timothy? "At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me....But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me...." This Jesus has been doing since Abel. This Jesus does for you and me. This is Jesus.
Father, in Jesus' Name, again, I can say nothing but, Thank You. Amen.
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Please remember: MARCH MISSION, MARCH 9-31 (Still short of the total need)
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
